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COUNTERMARCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("countermarch" is a kind of...):
march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change the order of soldiers during a march
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "countermarch" is one way to...):
reorder (assign a new order to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
March back along the same way
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "countermarch" is one way to...):
march; process (march in a procession)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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